Sometimes having it shorter is better.At least that is true when it comes to your web site address.Have you ever joined one of the many affiliate programs that creates a web site address,URL, for you to promote them that is longerthan even the best stretch limousine in town?Even though all you have to do is click on itto get to where you want to be, when a URLlooks like it is two blocks long, it takes awayfrom the message of your ad copy.Worse still, many surfers take it upon themselvesto visit the web site you are promoting but ONLYafter they remove your affiliate information.This defeats the whole purpose of your promotingan affiliate web site. It can cost you time and money.So what is the solution?A URL Redirection Service.Better still, is the use of a FREE URL Redirection Service.Here are just a few of the better FREE services online:Free Redirect URL Servicehttp://1st.to/Their service gives you a FREE, easy to rememberredirect-URL for your web site, and redirects the user to your existing home page or URL.Other features of their FREE service:* You get a live-long redirect-URL for free.* A counter is included in your account* Lost password emailed to you* Full Meta Tags Support* You can ban people from entering your siteby banning their IP address* The status line of the Browser only showsyour redirect-URL (or not)* You can have sub-domains of your own sub-domain.They also offer FREE Web based email service.V3 - Free Redirect URL Servicehttp://www.v3.com/Get a Short URL, like: come.to/John, go.to/John; and a permanent email address like: john@come.to, john@go.to CJB.Net - Free Redirect URL Servicehttp://www.cjb.net/CJB.NET provides free URL redirection services which allow you to redirect an easy-to-remember yourname.cjb.net address to your web site, no matter where it's hosted. For a more complete FREE list of FREE URL Redirection Services, send a blank email to:mailto:fus@emailexchange.orgThe above FREE list will provide you with about a dozen of the best online FREE URL Redirect Services.Most will also offer you FREE email, too.Sign up is generally very easy and you will immediatelybe given a new URL to replace your two block longmonstrosity.Your URL will go from looking like:http://www.sample-lookingnamedomain.com/stretch/cgi-bin/?affiliate=456789to something much more manageable like:http://zoom.to/mysiteThe shorter URL will make better looking ad copy, will notget cropped by FFA Submission sites, and will provide youwith a far greater response rate to your affiliate promotions.When it comes to a URL, shorter is better..
Ornamental Resources Leading Supplier of Beads and Findings Launches New Website
Idaho Springs, CO (ContentDesk) May 25, 2006 --? Ornamental Resources launches new website with decorative materials to serve an ever growing customer base. Customers can find everything they need at www.ornamentalresources.bizA large part of the Ornamental Resources collection consists of rare, old or unusual beads and pieces that provide unique opportunities and inspiration for the creative designer and bead worker. Ornamental
Resources also stocks all of the standard materials such as cut crystal glass beads and pendants, seed, pony & bugle beads and a wide selection of sterling, findings and basic tools.The new Ornamental Resources website features only a portion of the 13,000 items that are available. You can link to their ornabead.com website to view everything in .pdf format, or you can see it all on CD for $3.00. For those who prefer, a 250 page black & white copy of...
Auction Sites Trafficking Stolen Goods Online
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
Ah yes, eBay! The online auction giant that makes all your dreams come true for finding that special something you can't find anywhere else.
It's like a giant garage sale in the sky.
Unfortunately, eBay's size makes it easy for people to sell stolen or unauthorized merchandise and not get caught.
To their credit, I think eBay does as much as humanly possible to police their site and shut down any offenders quickly.
However, I recently discovered that plenty of mischief still occurs, especially with downloadable products.
When checking my email yesterday, I found two messages that disturbed me.
The first was an automated message from eBay telling me about an auction selling an ebook about writing ebooks.
Another email came in from a good customer who sent me a link to another auction on eBay that, to them, "looked suspicious."
I clicked on the...
Parker Updates ArcherPro Slide Show Player
Parker Software Development, Inc. has just released ArcherPro 3.1.0. This release includes the following new features and improvements: ArcherPro 3.1.0 introduces some nice improvements to the popular multimedia viewer. The biggest change is the addition of the Background Menu. This menu lets you change the background color for each image individually.
As usual, each command has a keyboard equivalent. The new commands on the Background Menu let you: - Change the background color using the standard Color Picker window.- Adjust the background color up or down in small increments.- Reset the background color to the default.- Reset the background color for all images to the default.- Open the Preferences window where you can set the Default Background Color. A New preference has been added that lets you change the Default Background Color. All images that you have not specifically set a color for will use the Default Background Color. ArcherPro is a small, fast, easy-to-use multimedia...
Parker Updates ArcherPro Slide Show Player
20 Fun Ideas for National Turn Off TV Week
Publishing Guidelines: Feel free to publish the following article in its entirety in your ezine, website, or print newsletter. The resource box must be included with an active link. Please send a courtesy copy of the publication in which the article appears to: deborah@fiveminuteparent.com Word wrap to 60, (214 words)*************************************************20 Fun Ideas for National Turn Off TV WeekBy National Turn Off Your TV Week is April 21-27 this year. Why not take the holiday one step further and turn off the computer as well? Here are 20 fun ways your family can make the most of this celebration.1. Read a book.2.
Write a letter-not an email-to a dear friend.3. Bathe the dog.4. Play a game of Candyland or Chutes and Ladders.5. Paint each other's faces.6. Do cartwheels in the front yard.7.
Camp out in the back yard with a tent, flashlight and lots of munchies.8. Host a garage sale.9. Visit the library for story time.10. Go on a snail-hunting expedition, then...
20 Fun Ideas for National Turn Off TV Week
Migrating Out of the Last Millennium ? How About Windows XP
Are you still running Windows 98 or Windows ME?
If so, perhaps after reading this, you might finally decide to move to Windows XP.
If you are already running Windows XP, then you too will appreciate this. One of the most common tech related calls I get are the ones where a program works one day, but is dead in the water the next day. Maybe they were trying to clean up their computer and accidentally deleted some files that the program needed in order to work.
Just recently, I received a distress call from a person who was trying to view a DVD on her computer.
It was using a 3rd party program, but didn't provide her with the functionality that she needed for this particular project.
So she tried to remove the program and force the DVD to use Windows Media Player.
Whatever it was that she did, it didn't work and she couldn't remember exactly what it was that she deleted. Now she was in panic mode.
She needed the DVD to...
3 Things You Must Do To Create Personal Web Pages
Almost everyone I have known since getting on-line five years ago has a driven ambition to design their own web site or sales pages for some project of theirs. Yours is a special design or article that makes it tough to design everyday web-pages for it seems. But thru the years what I call "html" blues has stopped more than one project to fold. The endless 'TESTING' to make sure everything works as designed has caused more than one to turn away from a profitable career on-line. This program is designed to create perfect code EVERY TIME.
All you have to do is copy and paste to your page or site for publication. I really wish I had this when I first started out a 'newbie' I would have had more hair now!!!1. Hire a professional, do a lot of study time, or use a program like mine to elimate the "html" blues caused by the trial and error method that takes forever to get right for instant set-up and use.Unless you are computer literate, html trained, the strain of completing the trial...
3 Things You Must Do To Create Personal Web Pages
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